Rule-Breaker Journal: When People Broke the Rules in the Craziest Ways!

Ever Sold a Non-existent Airport?

Emmanuel Nwude could be a regular guy, as he was once the Director of Union Bank of Nigeria. However, he is renowned all across the globe for pulling off one of the greatest frauds in banking history.

Emmanuel was convicted for defrauding a bank in Brazil of $242 million. In fact, the funds were unknowingly offered as payment for an airport. Too bad the whole thing was made up, and no such airport existed.

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